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The massacre at New Orleans, tempera painting by Thomas Nast, 1867.
Nast depicts here President Andrew Johnson adorned in kingly dress as the New Orleans Massacre of 1866 unfolds around him, wherein White rioters, many of whom were ex-Confederates, set upon and murdered peaceful Black demonstrators outside the Louisiana Constitutional Convention. Above the figure of the president, Nast has graffitied the words Johnson had once used to describe the secessionist Confederacy: "Treason is a crime," and "Traitors must be punished."
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Nast, T. (2026, June 22). The Massacre at New Orleans. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21886/the-massacre-at-new-orleans/
Chicago Style
Nast, Thomas. "The Massacre at New Orleans." World History Encyclopedia, June 22, 2026. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21886/the-massacre-at-new-orleans/.
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Nast, Thomas. "The Massacre at New Orleans." World History Encyclopedia, 22 Jun 2026, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21886/the-massacre-at-new-orleans/.
